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I Spy Candy Corn with Feelings Activity Pages

October 28, 2021 By Deirdre

I Spy Candy Corn with Feelings Activity Pages explore a number of skills and concepts. The most obvious is identifying and sharing feelings. However, children will also be looking for like objects on a page or using visual discrimination. After children have talked about feelings and counted how many each feeling is displayed, they still have more skills to work on. Writing tally marks and numbers matching the number of each feeling will also be explored.

Getting the I Spy Candy Corn with Feelings Activity Pages

The challenge cards set is a PDF. When you download it, you will need to open it with a PDF reader. Acrobat Reader is a popular reader that you can download to use. You probably have it on your computer already.

I Spy Candy Corn Feelings Activity Pages Download

After downloading the set, you will need to decide which page you want your children to explore. One page invites children to record the number of each feeling they find with tally marks. The other page has children recond the number with a numeral.

Once you have decided on the activity page, you need need to decide if you want to go over the feeling flashcards before you count feelings. There are benefits to going over the flashcards and the feelings they display. It will help children know what feelings are displayed and the times they have had that feeling.

Tips for Exploring the Candy Corn with Feelings Activity Pages

First, you may want to go over the feelings displayed on the I Spy pages. You can do that by going through one of the sets of flashcards or going over the feeling displayed in the chart.
Then you will want to have your children figure out how many of each candy corn face there is displayed on the page.
Your children can write the number of faces found for each feeling with a number or a tally mark.
If you think your children will have trouble remembering that they have already counted a piece of candy corn you can have them color the candy corn as they count or put an x on them.

More Halloween Activities

Halloween Activity Pages for Kids

Monster Number Recognition Puzzles

Halloween LEGO Candy Corn Challenge

October 15, 2015 By Deirdre

I have candy corn on my brain lately. Earlier this fall I shared with you two fall festival games with fall-themed. There was one called “Candy Corn Color Match” and another called “Candy Corn Ring Toss”. Today I am going to share with you a Halloween LEGO challenge. Originally the idea was that my son would replicate a candy corn LEGO build I made. He decided he would issue me a challenge too.

My Halloween LEGO Challenge

After searching through our LEGO bucket to find all the orange , white, and yellow bricks, I built candy corn with some of them.

The remaining bricks were placed in my son’shardhat. (It was the closest toy to the brick bucket that could hold the bricks.) Then I asked my son to build candy corn that would be symmetrical to mine. Yes, it needed to be a perfect match in size and shape.

After looking through the bricks, he quickly realized that there were not the same amount of bricks in the same colors I had used. He would have to combine some smaller bricks to equal my larger bricks.

He kept holding his brick candy corn build up to the one I made to see if they matched. If they matched, they would be symmetrical.

More than once I noticed him counting the exposed bumps on my bricks to see if he had the same number.

This activity was super challenging, but it did make him think. He had to plan for ways to work around the fact that he couldn’t use the same bricks I did. If the build looked off, he had to decide what part of the candy corn needed to be rebuilt.

JDaniel’s Halloween LEGO Challenge

What I love best about this activity is that when he had finished building, he had me recreate the candy corn he had made. He then had control of all the available bricks. I had to quickly think about what bricks to use.

I really do mean quick. He decided one I had built his candy corn we need to race. We both took apart our candy corn and had to rush to try to rebuild it. Thankfully he chooses a simple build. Unfortunately, he has really fast fingers.

Here are some other LEGO learning activities:

LEGO Reading Worksheets with Missing Color Words

Open and Closed Shapes- LEGO Polygons

LEGO Fraction Game

Bar Graph Made of LEGO

LEGO Pick and Move Building Game

Fun Halloween Games- Candy Corn Color Match

October 7, 2015 By Deirdre

We used the game mat from the Candy Corn Ring Toss to play Candy Corn Color Match. It is a lot like the game Pin the Tail on the Donkey.

After looking over the Candy Corn Game to decide where each color area started and ended, we started. My son picked a square piece of color that matched the area he was going to try to match. Then I handed him that color of square with tape on the back of it. I placed a scarf around JDaniel’s head to cover his eyes. After being spun around a couple of times, he headed for the game board.

The first attempt got super close but was a little high. The second attempt was right on the money. He had selected yellow which is a large section of the candy corn. I think it would have been trickier to get a square in the white section.

We decided to count squares that touched the correct colors tape line. You may decide that you want to have the square right in space surrounded by the selected color’s tape.

Hints for Playing Your Halloween Games Like Candy Corn Color Match

We used colored copy paper to stick on the candy corn. If you have Post-It notes in candy corn colors you can use them.
Our game board was place on a step stool and leaned against a fence. You could easily tape the board to a wall or hang it fence. Taping or hanging it would allow you to easy adjust the height of the board. If you have children of various heights being able to adjust the board would be important.

Here are some other wonderful festival, fair or party games:

Spider Web Frisbee Toss

Bowling with Pumpkins

Spider Web Catapult Toss from Frugal Fun for Boys

Sticky Tic Tac Toe from Frugal Fun for Boys

Ghost Bowling from No Time for Flashcards

Halloween Games- Candy Corn Ring Toss

September 28, 2015 By Deirdre

We recently set up a backyard mini carnival in our backyard. It featured fun games that were similar to the ones we have played at my son’s school fairs and Halloween party games. They each featured a theme or symbol that represents fall. Today I am going to share the first of the three games we played. We called it Candy Corn Ring Toss.

How to Play the Halloween Games:

The goal is to toss each of the colored rings into the area they match on a candy corn made of duct tape. The tossing was done from just in front of the piece of cardboard. It looks like it will be easy, but it can be rather challenging. We decided after several attempts that standing on the side was a good alternative. Children can throw the rings underhand or overhand or fling them like a Frisbee. There really isn’t a wrong way to throw them.

As I mentioned, we tried to be each colored ring onto its coordinating section on the candy corn. For young children you may decide that getting any ring in any section or on the game mat is the goal.

Constructing the Game

Game Supplies

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Large piece of cardboard (We used the side of an appliance box.)
White , Tangerine Orange and Sunshine Yellow Duct Tape
White, orange and yellow rings

Alternative Game Supplies
Instead of using plastic rings you could use white, orange and yellow bean bags. They would be heavier and easier for young kids to throw. You could also use Frisbees, jar lids, or small bags of candy corn in place of rings.

Building the Game Board

The game board is super easy to construct. I simply measured five inches from the top and bottom of the piece of cardboard and mark those spots with a pencil. I then measured the space between the top and bottom area. That distance was divided by three to find the size each of the color areas would be. That number was measured out and marked on the cardboard. Then a long line was drawn from the center of the top mark to the outside edge on the bottom mark. Next the lines that represented each color area were marked off horizontally.. Finally the colored tape was place over the lines I had drawn.

Here are some more Halloween Games:

Spider Web Frisbee Toss

Boxes and Pumpkins

Scarecrow Snack and Party Idea

October 23, 2014 By Deirdre

A scarecrow is a great learning or party theme for a fall harvest unit, Thanksgiving or Halloween. With that in mind here a is a build a scarecrow snack and some ways to share the snack with kids. Also included in this post in the printable Scarecrow Snack Tag. Children can use the ingredients in this build a scarecrow , play learning games or just to nibble on.

Here is how to put together a scarecrow building snack mix:

Ingredients
Dried cranberries (A row of these will from the scarecrow’s smile.)

Raisins (These can be the scarecrows eyes or buttons on the scarecrow’s clothes.)

Chex mix (The various foods in the mix can be used to make the scarecrow’s clothes and the outline of his head.)

Candy corn (This will be used for the scarecrow’s nose and neck.)

Pretzel sticks (These will be used to make the scarecrow’s arms and legs.)

Directions

Add each of the ingredients to a mixing bowl and toss with a large spoon.

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We placed on scarecrow building mix into long clear treat bags.

I placed a whole in the top left corner of the bag tag with hole punch. They a piece of ribbon was place through the hole. The bags were tied shut with a piece of red ribbon and Scarecrow Snack Tag

Scarecrow Party Ideas

After you pass out the snack bags during a snack or party time, you can have your children empty the bag onto a paper plate or paper towel.
Here some things you can do with the ingredients:
Sort each ingredient into its own pile on your plate.
Create pattern with the scarecrow building elements at the bottom of your place.
Build a scarecrow using the ingredients on the plate. I have placed suggestions on what each ingredient could be used for. Children could choose to follow these guidelines or build a scarecrow in a new and exciting way.

While I suggested that these would be great to have at a party, I think they would be great to send home with kids as a treat bag.

Here are some more scarecrow themed activities:

Paper bag scarecrow craft

Free printable scarecrow game board

Measuring a lonely scarecrow

Disclaimer: You will want make sure that the children you are sharing this snack with don’t have any food related allergies to the ingredients. Some of the items in the snack pack might need to be taken out and foods that are safe for them can be added.

Printable Math Worksheet- Pumpkin Teeth

September 15, 2014 By Deirdre

$Printable Math Worksheet- Pumpkin Teeth$

A simple printable math worksheet like this pumpkin activity I am calling Pumpkin Teeth is a great math learning tool. The pumpkins head can be used as a math mat for practicing math facts.

What do you need along with the printable math worksheet?

Before I share the list with you, you will want to download the Pumpkin Math Sheet (Click on the link to the left to download it for free)

$Printable Math Worksheet- Pumpkin Teeth$

Then you will need:

Candy Corn

Two die (We used a six sided die and a ten sided one.)

Halloween themed container for each person playing. (Cupcake liners work really well for this.)

How do you play Pumpkin Teeth with the printable math worksheets?

$Printable Math Worksheet- Pumpkin Teeth$

The printable math worksheet displaying the pumpkin and a Halloween container filled with candy corn will need to be put out for each person playing Pumpkin Teeth. It is probably more sanitary this way. Children will only be working with the candy corn in their container

Then you decide who will start the game. It can we decided by who rolls the highest or lowest number on the dice. You can just pick someone to start out first if you like.

Once that has been decided, the first player rolls the die to find out what numbers they will need to add to find the sum. The numbers or addends are then displayed on the pumpkin’s mouth with candy corn. The first number is shown at the top of the pumpkin’s mouth and the second number is shown on the bottom. The number sentence displayed is shared out loud with the a parent, teacher or other children including its sum.

Then it is the next person’s turn to roll, display and count. You can repeat this activity until everyone has had turn or all the candy corn has disappeared into the children’s mouths. The hope is that everyone will hold off from eating their candy until their turn is over.

$Printable Math Worksheet- Pumpkin Teeth$

Tips:

If you totally don’t like the idea of using candy, you could use pom poms or buttons instead. They will probably allow the activity to go a little longer as well as not giving students a sugar high.

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We used one six sided die and Ten Sided Die . This allowed us to create more challenging math facts. You can totally used two six sided dice if you like.

Children are very likely to want to taste some of the candy corn. If you given them some to snack on before you start the game, it may be easier for them to leave the candy corn they will use as teeth alone.